2021 Orioles 31-75 prospects

[Sports Guy]

At least the minor league season won’t be interrupted this year if the lockout goes into the season.

The Os really need the development of these guys to keep going.  They can’t have a 2020 again.

[justD]

10 hours ago, Sports Guy said:

At least the minor league season won’t be interrupted this year if the lockout goes into the season.

The Os really need the development of these guys to keep going.  They can’t have a 2020 again.

So glad they’ll be playing. I anticipate seeing a lot more games in person this season, and if it has to be Minor Leaguers, so be it. 

After all, it’s how I became an O’s fan in the first place. 

[LookinUp]

On 1/7/2022 at 3:43 PM, Tony-OH said:

31. Zack Peek – (RHP, 23, A-/A+)  – 23-year old righthander that works off his 3000 RPM curveball that he can vary the speed of from 71-77 MPH. His fastball sits around 92 MPH and he was working on a change that flashed average at times and gives him a solid third offering. The fastball though gets barreled up pretty good and he gets a lot of swings and misses out of the zone. He reminds me of Dean Kremer with a little better changeup and little less velocity. He’ll need to prove it at each level to get a shot.

 

This seems to be quite an interesting development for Peek. I understand he wasn't on a mound and had a couple step run up, but has he always had this velo upside?

 

 

[Tony-OH]

31 minutes ago, LookinUp said:

This seems to be quite an interesting development for Peek. I understand he wasn't on a mound and had a couple step run up, but has he always had this velo upside?

 

 

I don't really know what to make of these velos while getting a running start. It's clearly different then pitching from a mound. Still, a velocity bump can't hurt.

[RZNJ]

53 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

I don't really know what to make of these velos while getting a running start. It's clearly different then pitching from a mound. Still, a velocity bump can't hurt.

I don't know what to make of it either. He gathers momentum but he basically comes to a stop and plants his foot before making the throw so maybe it's showing him the possibility of what he's capable of if he maxes out his mechanics?

[Can_of_corn]

3 minutes ago, RZNJ said:

I don't know what to make of it either. He gathers momentum but he basically comes to a stop and plants his foot before making the throw so maybe it's showing him the possibility of what he's capable of if he maxes out his mechanics?

I view it about the same as I do a guy dropping bombs in batting practice.  It's neat to see but the proof will be what happens in games.

[RZNJ]

6 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

I view it about the same as I do a guy dropping bombs in batting practice.  It's neat to see but the proof will be what happens in games.

Sure, but we've seen/heard of guys (Means) picking up a few mph through training.   I think the one knock on Peek was a straight fastball with average velocity.  This might help in one of those areas.   As you say, the proof is in the pudding.

[RZNJ]

8 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

I view it about the same as I do a guy dropping bombs in batting practice.  It's neat to see but the proof will be what happens in games.

Actually, I might equate this to Joey Ortiz doing weight training and reconfiguring his swing and jacking up his exit velocity numbers.

[Can_of_corn]

4 minutes ago, RZNJ said:

Actually, I might equate this to Joey Ortiz doing weight training and reconfiguring his swing and jacking up his exit velocity numbers.

Reasonable.

[Frobby]

We’ll see how that translates to in-game velocity.  Glad he’s working on it.

[waroriole]

18 hours ago, LookinUp said:

This seems to be quite an interesting development for Peek. I understand he wasn't on a mound and had a couple step run up, but has he always had this velo upside?

 

 

It’s 102 basically out of the hand. Are radar guns focused that close to the pitcher? I thought closer to the plate. 

[RZNJ]

46 minutes ago, waroriole said:

It’s 102 basically out of the hand. Are radar guns focused that close to the pitcher? I thought closer to the plate. 

That's a great question and obviously a pitch, I would assume is going to decelerate as it gets closer to the hitter. I would think with today's technology they would be able to measure which pitcher's fastballs finish better than others.  I thought velo was measured out of the hand. Could be wrong but wouldn't it be call to know the velo from the hand all the way into the catcher's Mitt?  Maybe this already exists?

[waroriole]

32 minutes ago, RZNJ said:

That's a great question and obviously a pitch, I would assume is going to decelerate as it gets closer to the hitter. I would think with today's technology they would be able to measure which pitcher's fastballs finish better than others.  I thought velo was measured out of the hand. Could be wrong but wouldn't it be call to know the velo from the hand all the way into the catcher's Mitt?  Maybe this already exists?

Apparently now it’s 50 feet away from home plate, so 6-8 feet from the pitcher’s hand. It used to be much closer to home plate. Sounds like MLB artificially inflating numbers again. 
 

https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/the-measure-of-a-fastball-has-changed-over-the-years/

[LookinUp]

I know my son was recently clocked with a similar run up as opposed to off a mound and he had a few more mph. He's 11, so a few mph is a higher % increase than a few would be for Peek.

I think it would be wonderful if he were operating in the 96-97 range though.

[Frobby]

1 minute ago, LookinUp said:

I know my son was recently clocked with a similar run up as opposed to off a mound and he had a few more mph. He's 11

Have the O’s started scouting him yet?

Do you have any insight into why they clocked him using that method?   I’m wondering if there’s a purpose for it.